“Yeah, we had one night together and pretty much all we did was have s*x,” she snapped. “So what? I needed it at the time. I needed to – to feel sexy and desired. Safe.” To Silver’s surprise, tears were brimming in her eyes and her next words broke a bit. “You gave me one night, Silver, gave me all the things that I so badly needed after all those years with the most twisted, disgusting man I’ve ever known and ever will know. The man who hurt me in ways that I still can’t bear to think about, and who I escaped from in barely one piece.” She took a deep breath. “In so many ways, that one stolen night with you was the best night of my life… it was a – a beautiful memory, and I’ve called on it so many times over the past couple of months when I needed something good to hold on to, to give me
